Any Dream Will Do - Latest Final Betting Odds

Its the final of BBC's Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat search for a star on Saturday and curly-haired Lee is clear favourite to take the crown. Not surprising, since Lee is already a seasoned West End performer still looking for his leading man break.

William Hill have put Lee as odds on 1/4 favourite - almost untouchable really, whilst wee Keith with the angelic looks and voice is at 10/3. Surprising final inclusion, but Joseph lookalike, Lewis is the outsider at 10/1

Lee Mead 1/4
Keith Jack 10/3
Lewis Bradley 10/1

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Big Brother News Flash! Emily Kicked out - time for a new bet

Big Brother has been hit by another racism incident - but this time they acted quickly and booted out posh girl Emily

Emily was already one of the favourites for eviction, but this premature eviction has put Shabnam into clear favourtism

But Paddy Power are going onen step further. They're refunding all bets made on Emily to be the first eviction - all bets on Shabnam will stand, but if she isn't the first evicted, Paddy's will refund all bets placed on her before 3am this morning - effectively giving a bunch of punters some freebie bets.

The incident is expected to be aired tonight and Paddy Power have reacted quickly to a flurry of betting activity, including odds that Big Brother could be scrapped before the end of the series - those odds were slashed from 10/1 to 9/2.

Other topical betting from the bookie include:

Will Emily's racial comments be aired?
1/10 Yes
5/1 No

Will Ch4 CEO Andy Duncan step down/be sacked in 2007?
1/2 No
6/4 Yes

Will Virgin Media pull out as sponsor?
1/5 No
3/1 Yes

Will Big Brother to be scrapped before the end of the series?
1/8 No
9/2 Yes

First Eviction
11/10 Shabnam
9/4 Charley
4/1 Lesley
12/1 Chanelle
20/1 Tracey
25/1 Amanda
33/1 Nicky
50/1 Sam
40/1 Carole
50/1 Laura
12/1 Any Other

Outright
5/1 Laura
8/1 Carole
10/1 Chanelle
10/1 Ziggy
12/1 Tracey
14/1 Sam
16/1 Nicky
18/1 Amanda
22/1 Lesley
50/1 Charley
80/1 Shabnam
5/6 Any Other (Not Listed)

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Big Brother 8 is Back With a Vengeance - Latest Betting Odds

And so am I - finally - after a year's hiatus.

And how better to re-start as Channel 4 once again delves into the depths of human psychology and emotion, no matter how vapid or depraved it may be, with the joyous return of Big Brother

Paddy Power, as ever, is in the forefront of Big Brother Betting. Quite rightly too. They have 8 (yes, you read that correctly. EIGHT) different markets, including the wonderfully named, Bump and Grind

4 days into the competition, and with a single lad to tease and amuse the female house, its clear that this is the biggest Big Brother ever.

Its so important, Paddy Power have their own Big Brother expert - now there's a job to have on your CV - Sharon McHugh. Sharon commented: "Initially we expected betting to get off to a slow start as we felt the public would hold fire on betting until some of the boys went in, but how wrong we were. It seems the public have formed very strong opinions about the female cast already and it's very obvious which ones will get the boot and which ones will go the distance!"

And they're already reporting the stats:

Total amount wagered on Big Brother so far?
£200,000

Total number of bets placed so far?
17,000

The most popular market so far?
'Who will win' market. £150,000 is riding on the possible winner of this year's show.
£20,000 has already been staked despite the fact the nominees have not yet been announced.

Most Popular Housemate?
Laura, tipped as the early favourite.
3352 bets have been placed on her.
£40,000 has been placed on her to win.

Least Popular Housemate?
Charley. Just €768 in total placed on her with the number of bets totalling just 43! Charley is the favourite at 8/11 to be the first girl booted out of the Big Brother house.

Biggest market mover:
Carole and Charley for very different reasons.

Charley opened up at odds of 12/1 but she drifted in just three days to become the biggest outsider at odds of 80/1.

The bookies installed Carole at generous odds of 25/1 on launch night, but it wasn't long before she was one of the early favourites, with her price as low as 5/1 to win the whole thing. She has since settled at a slightly more appealing price of 7/1

Latest Betting from Paddy Power:

Big Brother 2007 Outright Winner
6/1 Laura
7/1 Carole
8/1 Ziggy
16/1 Nicky
16/1 Chanelle
16/1 Tracey
20/1 Emily
22/1 Sam
25/1 Amanda
28/1 Lesley
50/1 Shabnam
80/1 Charley
8/11 Any Other (Not Listed)

First Eviction
8/11 Charley
7/2 Shabnam
5/1 Lesley
16/1 Tracey
20/1 Emily
28/1 Sam
28/1 Amanda
28/1 Nicky
33/1 Chanelle
33/1 Laura
40/1 Carole
40/1 Any Other